HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Old Dominion's senior outfielder Connor Myers and junior pitcher Sam Sinnen earned all-conference recognition, as the league’s baseball awards were announced on Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, site of the 2016 Conference USA Baseball Championship presented by Buffalo Wild Wings.
A 2016 Preseason All-Conference selection, Myers earned his second career postseason accolade and first since ODU joined Conference USA, after being named Second Team All-Conference. He started in all 54 games for the Monarchs and finished the regular season as the team leader with a .319 batting average. In his 207 at bats, he recorded 66 hits, including 17 doubles and a team-high six home runs. He also knocked in 42 RBIs, which is good for third in C-USA. The senior from Middletown, Md. holds a .488 slugging percentage and a .389 on-base percentage and ranks sixth in the conference with 18 stolen bases in 25 attempts.
Sinnen, a repeat Second Team All-Conference selection, finished the regular season with a 6-1 record in 12 starts and 15 appearances and ranks third on the team with a 4.08 ERA in a team-leading 70.2 innings pitched. During his time on the mound, he has fanned 52 batters to lead all ODU pitchers and has struck out 4+ batters in nine games, including a season-high six three times. In just C-USA games, Sinnen ranks fourth in the league in wins (5) and 11th in strikeouts (37) and has pitched at least five innings in 11 of his 12 starts. The junior from Virginia Beach highlighted the year by being named 2016's first C-USA Pitcher of the Week after throwing five shutout innings against No. 10 NC State.
The Monarchs begin the 2016 Conference USA Baseball Championship tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET against No. 3 and host Southern Miss. The game will be broadcast on STAR 1310 with Ted Alexander and Doug Ripley on the call. Each game of the championship from Wednesday through Saturday will be also streamed live on the C-USA Digital Network. The championship game of the tournament on Sunday, May 29 will be televised live by CBS Sports Network, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.
2016 CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CJ Chatham, Jr., SS, Florida Atlantic
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Jon Duplantier, Jr., RHP, Rice
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Ford Proctor, Fr., SS, Rice
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Tommy Lane, Jr., 1B, Marshall
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CJ Chatham, Jr., SS, Florida Atlantic
KEITH LECLAIR COACH OF THE YEAR
Jeff Waggoner, Marshall
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
Tim Donnelly, Marshall
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF CJ Chatham, Jr., Florida Atlantic
IF Danny Hudzina, Sr., WKU
IF Tommy Lane, Jr., Marshall
IF Tim Lynch, Sr., Southern Miss
OF Dylan Burdeaux, Jr., Southern Miss
OF Jake Sandlin, Sr., Southern Miss
OF DJ Gee, Sr., Marshall
C Chuckie Robinson, Jr., Southern Miss
DH/UT Kaleb Duckworth, So., WKU
SP Chase Boster, Sr., Marshall
SP Jon Duplantier, Jr., Rice
SP Kirk McCarty, Sr., Southern Miss
SP Casey Sutton, Jr., Louisiana Tech
RP Glenn Otto, So., Rice
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF Riley Delgado, Jr., Middle Tennessee
IF Brett Netzer, So., Charlotte
IF Logan Sherer, Jr., Charlotte
IF Ford Proctor, Fr., Rice
OF Corey Bird, Jr., Marshall
OF Connor Myers, Sr., Old Dominion
OF T.J. Nichting, Jr., Charlotte
C Zack Soria, Jr., FIU
DH/UT Jonathan Washam, Jr., Louisiana Tech
SP Cord Cockrell, Sr., Southern Miss
SP Brandon Rhodes, Sr., Florida Atlantic
SP Ricardo Salinas, So., Rice
SP Sam Sinnen, Jr., Old Dominion
SP Marc Stewart, So., Florida Atlantic
RP Cameron Ragsdale, Jr., Florida Atlantic
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
IF Bryan Arias, UTSA
SS Ford Proctor, Rice
C Tyler Frank, Florida Atlantic
OF Blake Benefield, Middle Tennessee
OF Reece Hampton, Charlotte
OF Brewer Hicklen, UAB
DH Dominic DiCaprio, Rice
DH Hunter Slater, Southern Miss
LHP Nick Swan, Florida Atlantic
LHP Joshua Shapiro, Marshall
RHP Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss
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